Reviews - Mr. Malcolm's List

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Mr. Malcolm's List

Suzanne Allain

3.16 AVERAGE

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

1.75

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For the first half of this book I was enjoying the story and was lucking forward to Mr Malcolm getting a taste of his own medicine, so to speak. But unfortunately he didn't. Honestly, he was a very arrogant and annoying MMC and I felt kind of bad for Selina.
I was originally thinking this was going to be a solid 3 stars but it just went downhill. Overall it was simply okay and I probably wouldn't recommend it.

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delgremmyaward's review against another edition

1.0

1.5

rhiannonxgrace's review against another edition

4.5

funny lighthearted relaxing

asahome's review against another edition

2.5

TL;DR: A woman finds "true love" with a man who deems her unworthy based on her relations. The idea of setting standards for your love(r) is criticized because the person with the standards wrote them down.

I struggled with this book because some of the resolutions felt convenient. It wasn't exactly insta-love, but it was pretty close. Overall, it felt like the characters should be more prudish (not allowing themselves to be kissed "passionately") or significantly less prudish (not caring that the gentleman was going to be in their room with the door open).

priya_amrev's review against another edition

2.0

Eh. It was short - I finished it in like a couple hrs. There was no real connection formed to any of the characters. They mostly seemed like arrogant asses.

poseidons_siren's review against another edition

2.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

greenmelon's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dragoninwinterfell's review against another edition

1.0

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

This is one of those rare novels that is greatly surpassed in quality by the adaptation. The 2022 movie was far better than this.

Despite being very short, the pacing made it feel like the story dragged on and on. The ending in particular felt like is slowed to a crawl. Despite the interesting premise, the execution of the plot felt lifeless and formulaic. This comes down to the poor character work.

None of the characters had any personality and the dynamics didn't feel earned. Each character simply filled the role dictated by the plot without appearing to have strong motivation of their own. The last fourth was particularly tedious because there were so many twists that weren't character motivated and seemed to just be there to lengthen the plot.

I definitely recommend the film adaptation on this one.

sian_m's review against another edition

5.0

This book was such a joyful read, I absolutely loved it! It was a pleasure, so easy to read and completely entertaining. I love the characters, enjoyed the dynamics between them and I imagine we’ve all had a character like Julia in our lives.

korikkk's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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